Software Engineering Manager, Platform

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About Outcome Health

We Are:

A healthcare innovation company

Our Strategy:

Reinventing in the point of care

Our Purpose: 

Facilitating a better personal Outcome

Whether it’s supporting the diagnosis of a family member or as patients ourselves, we all have

connections to healthcare. That’s why all of us at Outcome Health are committed to transforming the point of care experience, both for our loved ones and for ourselves.

We are looking for people to bring their diverse talent, perspectives and career experiences to help us create the future in point of care.

Join our expanding team and be part of creating #ABetterOutcome.

Summary / Objective

You are an energetic engineering people leader with expertise developing products in the enterprise, mobile or healthcare space. You’ll work with all aspects of the product and platform development, including collaborating with hardware, media content and design engineering teams to build our end to end platform solutions.

As a platform manager, it’s essential that you have the breadth of knowledge to lead development of a contemporary microservices-based architecture. Practical development experience using Java and other services languages is required for the right candidate to succeed. You should be curious about technology and open to learning about and applying new innovations from the rest of the software industry.

You have a passion for contributing to the development of high-performance teams through rigorous goal-setting, disciplined attention to performance metrics, continuous process improvement and mentorship. You are delight in managing people to their fullest potential and thrive in a culture of innovation.

You understand that leveraging technology is a means to an end, accomplishing the mission of building a decision platform that positively impacts the health outcome for every person, everywhere. You want to build things that matter.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • This is a predominantly management role with 80% management and 20% code contribution.
  • Understand your team, enable their career development while managing their performance.
  • Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and assistance your direct reports.
  • Build trust and alignment across the organization and between teams. Support a culture of responsibility and pride of quality.
  • Deliver projects and releases across multiple teams on time by identifying and mitigating risks through the development process. Identify and resolve project technical dependencies.
  • Evaluate teams and describe resourcing gaps. Hire/train new team members.
  • Monitor team velocity and help teams improve. Own the escalation path for impediments.
  • Collaborate with Architects, Product Managers and Technical Program Managers to manage the Product Backlog in a way that balances the needs of the technology and the business.
  • Develop training resources for team members.
  • Facilitate team stand-ups, planning, and review meetings as Functional Manager.
  • Triage and resolve issues identified across platform systems in collaboration with stakeholders

Education, Experience and Skills Required:

  • 6+ years of Software Engineering management experience
  • 10+ years of professional software development experience
  • 5+ years of Java experience
  • 5+ years of experience developing service layer software
  • 5+ years of working within AWS technologies
  • Professional understanding of API development
  • Experience creating or utilizing Service Oriented Architectures
  • Experience working within Scrum is required.
  • Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and project management to understand requirements, describe software product features, and technical designs.
  • Thorough understanding of software architecture and object-oriented design
  • Strong knowledge of software development methodologies and best practices

Behaviors and Abilities Required:

  • Ability to adapt and handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to drive a project throughout the full software development lifecycle.
  • Work effectively and remain focused during periods of ambiguity
  • Manage risk.
  • Be an effective communicator and teacher, able to bridge gaps within the organization through collaboration

Travel:

Must be willing to travel to NYC up to 15%
 

Outcome Health provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. 

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330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611

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